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Late-onset Wilson's disease.
Gastroenterology - 1 Apr 2007
Ferenci Peter, Członkowska Anna, Merle Uta, Ferenc Szalay, Gromadzka Grazyna, Yurdaydin Cihan, Vogel Wolfgang, Bruha Radan, Schmidt Hartmut T, Stremmel Wolfgang
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND & AIMS: The clinical symptoms and age at onset of Wilson's disease (WD) are highly variable. This study investigated patients who became symptomatic at >40 years of age. METHODS: Clinical features, laboratory data, and mutation analysis were evaluated in 46 (3.8%) of 1223 patients who were investigated in a multinational study on genotype-phenotype correlations (1053 index patients, 170 siblings) who...
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